

Eyewitness Testimony
Book • 1979
In *Eyewitness Testimony*, Elizabeth Loftus presents a comprehensive psychological case against the reliability of eyewitness accounts.
The book explores how factors such as poor viewing conditions, stress, expectations, and biases can lead to inaccurate testimony.
Loftus also discusses how memory can be altered by post-event information and questioning techniques, highlighting the need for reform in legal procedures.
The book explores how factors such as poor viewing conditions, stress, expectations, and biases can lead to inaccurate testimony.
Loftus also discusses how memory can be altered by post-event information and questioning techniques, highlighting the need for reform in legal procedures.
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